Jingzhao Yin and Zhao Guanghan were in charge of the security of the huge capital of Chang'an. He was a rather conceited official, and his face was always gloomy, which made people look frightened.

Chang'an is densely populated and has luxurious customs. Although it is said that it is at the foot of the Son of Heaven and the root of the imperial city, a group of royal relatives and powerful families, relying on their own wealth and wealth, blindly let go of vertical and horizontal lines, and lawlessness; There are also idle people who are bored with food, and they are happy to see things and cause trouble; There are also hooligans and thieves who deceive, or rob money during the day, or seize things through the government, and sometimes cause murders.

Bizarre cases occur here every day, and local officials often do things perfunctory if they want to enforce the law impartially and inevitably offend nobles.

At the beginning of Liu Xun's accession to the throne, Zhao Guanghan took office as Jing Zhaoyin. He often handled cases vigorously and resolutely, without any worries, and the officials and ordinary people were afraid to see him and did not dare to act recklessly, and the law and order in Gyeonggi was greatly improved.

On this day, he went to Jingzhao Mansion to check a few case files, and then went to the streets to inspect before returning home.

He was also hungry, so he sat down and ordered the kitchen to set the meal. The lady came to accompany him and poured him wine. When he was full of wine and food, his wife saw that he was in a good mood, so she talked about a nephew who was driven away from his stall in the East Market.

Zhao Guanghan thinks very highly of himself, and he didn't care about this kind of trivial matter, but he was idle, and he listened lazily and relied on a few things, and when he figured out what was going on, he suddenly sat up and asked, "But you said my name?" ”

Madame was startled, not knowing what he meant by asking, and said a little timidly: "Su Xian, the mayor of Nadong City, wants to confiscate the things he set up in the stall, so he said your name, hoping to let it go." ”

"Wei Xiang is also there?" Zhao Guanghan asked again.

"Yes, it's him who is getting in the way, otherwise Su Xian knows that person is my relative, and he won't act like this and not give us face."

"Wei Xiang-" Zhao Guanghan is stubborn, he is alone in the court, except for the emperor, no one is in his eyes. In his opinion, Wei Xiang was just a hillbilly, lucky to be favored by the emperor, and he had nothing to do. And Su Xian, the mayor of Dongshi, was his subordinate, and he couldn't help but be angry when he only flattered Wei Xiang and neglected his relatives who reported his name.

He stared at the rooftop, thinking that he should let Su Xian and the others know who could control their fate. In fact, he looked down on Wei Xiang on the one hand, but was jealous on the other.

Seeing that he was lost in thought, the lady beckoned the maid to clean up the cup and pan, and quietly withdrew.

The next day, Zhao Guanghan inspected the capital as usual, passing through Dongshi, and as soon as his mind moved, he led the crowd to go in and go around.

Dongshi Shicheng was startled when he found that Jing Zhaoyin was in the market, and hurriedly stepped forward to accompany him, and sent someone to inform Mayor Su Xian. He was afraid that Zhao Guanghan would come to ask for the crime because of the expulsion of the liquor dealer that day, so he was cautious in his words and demeanor.

Zhao Guanghan saw that the merchants in the huge market were gathered in an orderly manner, and a smile of approval appeared on his originally tense face. Shi Cheng's nervous mood relaxed a little.

When Su Xian arrived, Zhao Guanghan and his party had already arrived at Hengjie Avenue and were ready to get on the bus. Seeing Su Xian coming, Zhao Guanghan stopped, looked at him, and said slowly: "The management of the market building should be lenient and severe, and those who bully the market should not be tolerated; And small traders and hawkers have small profits, so they don't have to be too harsh. ”

Su Xian ran out of breath, and when he heard this, he knew that he was referring to the last time he drove out the liquor dealer. At that time, Cheng didn't have to pursue the relevant photos, and he didn't want to offend Jing Zhaoyin, so he asked Shi Cheng to pay some money to Rong Livestock afterwards.

He thought that this matter was over, and Jing Zhaoyin should not blame him, so he blurted out: "The prime minister also ordered it like this." ”

Before the words fell, Zhao Guanghan, who was originally quite kind, suddenly stretched his face with a cold expression.

Shi Cheng secretly screamed in his heart, and made a look, but Su Xian was still at a loss.

Zhao Guanghan's gloomy gaze swept over everyone, and he got into the car without saying a word.

Seeing Zhao Guanghan's car go away, Shi Cheng turned around and looked at Su Xian and sighed.

Su Xian didn't know what was going on and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Shi Cheng said: "Why did you mention the prime minister in front of Jing Zhaoyin?" Isn't that a slap in the face. ”

Su Xian came back to his senses and shouted, "It's not good, I shouldn't have mentioned the prime minister, I offended Jing Zhaoyin again." Shi Cheng smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Su Xian said helplessly: "We are a small official, that is, we are caught in the middle and are angry. ”

Shi Cheng said: "It's okay to be angry, just don't be offended." ”

Su Xian's face turned pale when he heard this, he covered his heart, and said tremblingly, "Don't scare me." ”

While he was talking, he saw the officials of Jingzhao Mansion coming over with a few arresters, and Shi Cheng thought that he was broken, and he was afraid that he would come to anything, so he hurriedly greeted him.

The official said: "We are ordered by Jing Zhaoyin to arrest Su Xian. ”

"What a crime the mayor is." Ichijo asked in surprise.

The official raised a piece of wood in his hand and said, "This is Jing Zhaoyin's issuance of an arrest warrant." Some businessmen accused Su Xian of extortion, accepting bribes, and perverting the law for bribes. ”

Shi Cheng looked back and saw Su Xian's face pale, sitting on the ground with his heart covered. He hurriedly trotted over a few steps, squatted down to support Su Xian, raised his face and said to the officials of Jingzhao Mansion: "The mayor's heartache has attacked, and he needs to be sent to the hospital first." ”

The official was not accommodating, and said, "I was ordered to arrest Su Xian, and I don't care about this." Several trappers stepped forward and couldn't help but say, and took Su Xian away.

Shi Cheng looked at their distant backs and stood stunned for a long time. Several city guards surrounded them, they were all at the scene that day, they knew the ins and outs of the matter, and they were also angry when they saw this, and they said: "Let's go and report to the prime minister." ”

Shi Cheng smiled sadly, walked towards the market building with his hands behind his back, and said to himself: "Both clear and philosophical, in order to protect his body." He shook his head again and again.

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Wei Xiang invited Shi Gao to drink in the East Market that day, but was stirred up by the moonshiners, although he was a little disappointed, but he didn't care much. A few days later, he unexpectedly heard that Su Xian, the mayor of Dongshi, had been imprisoned in Jingzhao Mansion on charges of corruption and perversion of the law.

He thought it might have something to do with the drive out of the illicit liquor vendor that day, because he vaguely heard the stall owner say it was a relative of Kyung Zhao Yin. However, he didn't believe that Jingzhao Yin Zhao Guanghan would take revenge on the mayor of Dongshi for such a trivial matter, so he ordered someone to go to Jingzhao Mansion to get Su Xian's case file. Although Zhao Guanghan is a maverick, Prime Minister Wei, as the prime minister, is the head of a hundred officials and has the right to supervise.

However, the official who retrieved the case brought back an even more shocking news that the mayor of Dongshi, Su Xian, had died in Jingzhao Prison. Wei Xiang was dumbfounded, he never thought that a person who was fine a few days ago would be gone if he said no.

He was still surprised that a weeping woman broke into the Prime Minister's Mansion and accused Jing Zhao Yin Zhao Guanghan of murdering her husband, the mayor of Dongshi, Su Xian.

This is a big trouble, and Wei Xiang drafted Su Xian's widow's cry of injustice into a chapter and submitted it to Weiyang Palace. Not long after, the emperor sent a decree ordering him to convene relevant officials to discuss matters in the palace of the hundred officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The Prime Minister's Mansion was crowded with people in the hall of the hundred officials, including the great Sima Huo Yu, the Leping Hou Huo Shan of the Lingshang Scholar, the Tingwei Yu Dingguo, the Shizhong Shi Gao, and the other two governors of the Jingshi Sanfu, Right Fufeng and Zuo Fengyi, and other ministers all came.

Jingzhao Yin Zhao Guanghan sat in his place with an indifferent expression.

In fact, Zhao Guanghan was also very depressed in his heart, his original intention was to let Su Xian, the mayor of Dongshi, suffer a little and have a long memory, but he never thought that he would die in Jingzhao Prison. Now he couldn't argue.